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NewsTUC Congress told of construction blacklisting
Unite boss calls for ‘full disclosure’ and likens practice to a ‘low budget spy film script’
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CommentTime is running out for construction as private sector new orders run thin
Without new orders coming in fast the prospects look bleak
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NewsPFI review now planned for 'autumn'
Danny Alexander confirms long-awaited announcement on a ‘son of PFI’ is due this autumn after series of delays
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NewsMay Gurney insists problems are 'ring-fenced'
Following profit warning and share price collapse, firm insists it’s still on track to post £25m plus profits as it lines up interim chief executive for permanent role
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NewsGalliford Try's £100m affordable housing bonanza
Firm announces announces or confirms five successes including £23m low-carbon scheme in east London
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NewsConstruction untouched by fresh H&S bonfire
Construction health and safety site inspections to remain
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NewsGreen Investment Bank lending in doubt
Government’s inability to get public borrowing down could delay Green Bank’s borrowing capabilities
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FeaturesWhirl pool
From the swirling, curving walls and diving boards to the pools themselves, concrete makes a big splash at Zaha Hadid’s awe-inspiring aquatics centre
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CommentPlaytime's over
Most government initiatives identified as a way of boosting the economy through the construction has floundered in the execution
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FeaturesStar jumps: how the diving boards took shape
Variously likened to the stamens of an exotic flower, a splash or even poised cobras, the dramatic lines of the aquatics centre’s six diving boards have attracted much interest – not only as a natural centre of attention during the Games, but because they are visually fascinating in themselves.
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FeaturesWall-to-wall coverage
The curving concrete walls of the aquatics centre are one of its defining characteristics. They are first seen in the centre’s welcome area and provide a top and tail to the competition pools, as well as a stylish backdrop to television coverage of the diving.
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NewsUK firms win Moscow expansion job
Architects Gillespies and John Thompson & Partners and engineer Buro Happold on winning team
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NewsScotland's £80m crime campus enters final phase
Balfour Beatty awarded £31.5m management contract to deliver fit-out of FBI-style crime fighting HQ
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NewsPM backs new industry campaign
David Cameron endorses Construction4Growth and says industry has major role to play in driving economy
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CommentNew housing measures: The right direction?
The housing measures could benefit from less focus on the planning system and more on affordable housing
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NewsLend Lease bags £70m hospital job
Contractor beats Kier, BAM and Vinci to Northumberland emergency hospital project
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NewsNew construction orders remain flat
Total new construction orders remained relatively flat over the second quarter of this year, rising just 0.2% on Q1